Frontier and pioneer life
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Albertson Family Papers
Correspondence reflecting pioneer life in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Montana.
Almira Ames Farnham papers
Essay describing the life of Almira Ames Farnham, a pioneer woman from New England who settled near Morley, Iowa in 1859.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Bowersox and Osborn Family papers
The Bowersox family settled in Johnson County, Iowa in approximately 1855. The papers include a family account book, school exams and teaching certificates.
Carrie Kelly Beatty papers
Young woman who came to Hancock County, Iowa in 1868; her experiences were recorded in the book, A Prairie Rose, by Bertha E. Bush.
Elizabeth Wherry papers
Farm magazine writer.
Ella Elmegreen Lage papers
Bound memoir, “Me and Laura,” written by Ella Elmegreen Lage in 1962 about her family history in Scott County, Iowa.
Esther Flower Cruikshank Papers
Photocopy of memoir, "The Covered Wagon," by Esther Flower Cruikshank written in 1927.
Iowa Authors Manuscripts Collection
Includes manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, dust jackets, and other miscellany associated with publications of many Iowa Authors.
Jolley Family Papers
Correspondence spanning over 40 years and three generations of an Iowa farm family. Subjects include land speculation, farming in Bremer, Blackhawk, and Woodbury counties, farm life in Iowa during the 19th century, and W.W.I.
Kate Martinson papers
Journals chronicle the life of an Iowa farm woman including her marriage, childrearing, family farm management, divorce, and remarriage.
Arrangement
Two folders, shelved in SCVF.
Laura Gibson Smith papers
Casey, Iowa native who taught country school before marrying and homesteading in Wyoming in 1913. She taught school in the Philippines in the 1910s and 1920s.
Madge Clark Girard papers
Reflections on Girard's early life homesteading in South Dakota.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Maranda Cline Papers
Consists of a transcribed diary that includes daily entries describing family life near Hills, Iowa from 1891 to 1907.
Margaret Bobbitt Ettleman papers
The 1951 memoir describes rural life in nineteenth century Iowa and Indiana.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Margaret Strang Corothers papers
Family History of the McDowall-Wilson, Strang-McDowall, and Corothers-Strang Families, 1934.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Marie Rumble papers
A homesteader who lived in Wyoming, Colorado and Washington State.
Mary Jane Parsons papers
Reflections on her pioneer life from Rochester, New York to Dakota City, Iowa.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Mildred Fox Everett papers
Iowa native who became a homesteader in South Dakota, and later returned to Iowa to raise her five children on a farm.
Mrs. AD (Sarah Tillson) Hunt papers
Reminiscence of nineteenth century Humboldt County, Iowa.
Olson/Clampitt memoirs
Memoirs of life in rural Iowa.